Cosima Kern (Germany, Bündnis Grundeinkommen) The Basic Income Party in Germany at the Bundestag election

Enno Schmidt (Switzerland/Germany, Basic Income Referendum and Bündnis Grundeinkommen), Review of the Swiss UBI referendum and what to learn from it; Basic income in the USA, China, Taiwan, Japan, experiences

Ronnie Cowan (Scotland, MP), A Scottish perspective for introducing a Basic Income

Papers from the parallel sessions

Session 1 [Roundtable A]:
UBI and Party Politics

Session 2:
Distribution, Pre-Distribution and Basic Income

David Casassas (University of Barcelona and Red Renta Básica) – Pre-distribution, basic income, and the institutions of a free-choosers society

Simon Birnbaum (Institute for Future Studies-Stockholm University) and Jurgen De Wispelaere (Independent Social Research Foundation-University of Bath) – The Exit Trap: Is Basic Income an Acceptable Way Out for Republicans?

Stanislas Jourdan (Positive Money)– Can Helicopter Money lead to basic income in Europe?

Thomas Wells (Tilburg University) – Just Give Money to the Poor: The case for a Global Basic Income

Session 8:
UBI and the Welfare State

Sandra Lima Coelho (CEGE, Católica Porto Business School / IS-FLUP, Universidade do Porto) and Gonçalo Marcelo (CECH, Univ. de Coimbra / Católica Porto Business School) – Universal Basic Income and the Fundamental Tasks of the State

Jurgen De Wispelaere (University of Bath/Independent Social Research Foundation) and Luke Martinelli (University of Bath/Independent Social Research Foundation) – A New Universalism? Varieties of Basic Income and Welfare State Reform

Anti Halmetojja (University of Tampere) – The Finnish welfare state and basic income: Is it a match?

Otto Lehto (King’s College London) – Basic Income as Private Property – But Whose, and Why? The Utilitarian-Libertarian Case for Granting Private Property to All

Session 28:
Pilot projects in Mexico City, Korea, Finland & Germany

Jurgen De Wispelaere (University of Bath/Independent Social Research Foundation), Johanna Perkiö (University of Tampere), Lindsay Stirton (University of Sussex), Navajyoti Samanta (University of Sheffield) – Modelling Policy Attention and Political Support for Basic Income in Finland, 1979-2016